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Film festival
Karakoram International University, Gilgit
10 December 2021 to 11 December 2021
Organizers: ICIMOD and WWF-Pakistan
The Bam-e-Dunya Film Festival is the first film festival of its kind in Gilgit-Baltistan and is aimed at encouraging local youth to promote mountain research and narratives on various mountain topics, including the lives of mountain communities impacted by change and issues of ecological fragility and sustainable mountain development. This festival also encourages youth to explore mountain research blended with advanced and creative film making to communicate messages for a wider audience. The festival will showcase diverse films on a variety of subject matters, ranging from social, economic, ecological, and environmental issues.
World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) have joined hands with Karakorum International University (KIU), Special Communication Organization (SCO), EVK2CNR, Gilgit-Baltistan Rural Support Organization (GBRSP), Alpine Club, and Tourism Department of Gilgit-Baltistan to organize this festival, where films from Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral will be screened for students, policymakers, and the general public.
The film festival will provide an opportunity for filmmakers to share and discuss local and regional challenges, opportunities and success stories, and allow for local and national researchers and filmmakers to interact, discuss, network, and explore opportunities for joint ventures, paving the way for more effective documentation of the region’s issues and their policy implications for conservation and development.
The Bam-e-Dunya, the ‘Roof of the World’, includes the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Pamir Landscape which stretches across parts of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. The Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan is part of the Bam-e-Dunya. It is endowed with rich biodiversity and ecosystem services, especially the much-needed water resources that millions of people downstream depend on for food production.
However, there are many changes occurring in the region that have major conservation and development implications, including climate and environmental change, that offer diverse subjects for researchers and filmmakers. Remote mountain communities too are now rapidly transforming with improved connectivity and access to emerging digital technologies and markets.
There is great interest and motivation among the youth to produce and display films on various socioecological, economic, and environmental subjects. Unfortunately, Gilgit-Baltistan lacks the spaces and platforms where research and filmmaking can be nurtured, showcased, and shared.
The inaugural edition of the Bam-e-Dunya Film Festival will present a wide range of films that tell stories of mountain communities, adventure sports, folk culture, environment, wildlife, and tourism of Gilgit-Baltistan.
| Time | Session | Facilitator/Speaker |
| 09:30-10:00 | Registration | Volunteers |
| 09:50-10:00 | Arrival of chief guest and dignitaries | KIU management and partner organization representatives will receive guests. |
| 10:00-10:05 | Recitation of Holy Quran | KIU |
| 10:05-10:15 | Welcome remarks | Acting VC, KIU |
| 10:15-10:25 | Opening remarks | Secretary Tourism, GB |
| 10:25-10:35 | Objectives and agenda | Haider Raza, Regional Head, WWF-Pakistan, GB |
| 10:35-10:45 | Remarks by jury member | Sohail Ahmer Basra, Jury Member |
| 10:45-10:55 | Remarks by Guest of Honour | Minister, GB Government |
| 10:55-11:10 | Remarks | Chief Guest |
| 11:10-11:25 | Inauguration of film festival by the chief guest (A Film by Tourism Department, WWF-Pakistan, AKRSP and ICIMOD) | |
| 11:25-11:30 | Presenting souvenir to Chief guest | Acting VC, KIU |
| 11:30-11:35 | Departure of Chief Guest | |
| Film screening session 1 | ||
| 11:35-11:40 | GB- The land of Charms | The short documentary film depicting the nature and charm of Gilgit-Baltistan.
A production of: Majid films |
| 11:40-12:00 | Koh-e-Baroba | A documentary film about Samina Baig and Mirza Ali struggle in the field of mountaineering.
Director Mehmood Ali Khan |
| 12:00-12:30 | Balda -The Struggle for Salvation | The fiction film Balda is about the mountainous regions in northern areas where the main source of
income depends on foreign tourists. Director: Amjad Ali Hunzai |
| 12:30-14:00 | Juma Prayer and Lunch Break | |
| 14:00-14:30 | Panel discussion: Sustainable Mountain Tourism | Guests: Director Tourism, Director EPA, Haider Raza regional head, WWF-Pakistan, GB
Moderator: Rehmat Karim Director KIU, Hunza Campus |
| 14:30-14:15 | The Kalash and the Crescent | A documentary film about the traditions of Kalasha people.
Director: Shah Zaman Baloch/Lara Lee |
| 14:15-14:20 | Wizard stone | A short film about Adventure in the mountains
Director: Muhammad Imran |
| 14:20- 14:30 | Munni | Success story of Munni
Director: Madiha Ali, Nazia |
| 14:30-14:50 | Roop Aroop | This short film is about an epidemic disease so called ‘plug’ in Azad Kashmir
Director; Akif Farooqui |
| 14:50-14:55 | Darkut Valley | A short film by Nusrat Ali Khan about Darkut valley |
| 14:55-15:00 | Women of courage | A short documentary on women empowerment |
| 15:00-15:30 | Panel discussion: Traditions of Mountains | Moderator: Aliya
Guests: Waseem Samad, Afshan, Zaman, Manzoor Qureshi |
| 15:30-15:50 | Documentary presented by tourism department | Film about the tourism potential in GB |
| 15:50-16:00 | Closing remarks | WWF-Pakistan |
| Time | Session | Facilitator/Speaker |
| 9:30-10:00 | Registration | Volunteers |
| 10:00-10:10 | Overview of day one | WWF-Pakistan |
| 10:10-10:15 | The axe | Stop motion film by Nazia and Leena |
| 10:15-10:20 | Mountains and Rapid Climate Change in GB | A film by Mir Anees of the climate change impact on GB |
| 10:20-10:25 | Life | Danyal Akber film showing different phases of life |
| 10:25-10:35 | Life of Walnut in High Mountains of GB | A documentary film by Salamat Ali on the indigenous method |
| 10:35-10:40 | SEE | A short film by Danial Akber |
| 10:40-10:45 | Into the Coulior | A short film by Saad Muhammad |
| 10:45-10:50 | Natural Disaster | Director Arif Ghayas |
| 10:50-10:55 | Child beggars in Gilgit | Director Masooma Masoom |
| 10:55-11:05 | Sarar Jee | Director Raja Haseeb |
| 11:05-11:10 | Story of Ali Ahmed Jan | Director Taseer Baig, Tariq Hussain Shah |
| 11:10-11:20 | Koh-Kan | Director Habib Ullah |
| 11:20-11:40 | Mountains Day importance | Director, Asad Ullah Ghazi |
| 11:40-11:45 | Dain Gochar, Ishkoman Valley | Nadia Zartaj |
| 11:45-12:15 | Panel discussion: Discussing technical aspect of filmmaking | Guests: Sohail Ahmed Basra, Nisar Ahmed, Akber from KIU |
| 12:15-12:20 | The Snow Leopards Burden | Asif Hussain |
| Closing session | ||
| Award distribution ceremony | ||
| 13:00-13:10 | My Journey as a Film Maker | Imtiaz Ahmed, Wildlife Film Maker |
| 13:10-13:30 | Screening of winning films | WWF Team |
| 13:30-14:00 | Distribution of awards to filmmakers | Facilitators |
| 14:00-14:10 | Overview of the festival | Wasim Samad, CEO, Rupani Foundation |
| 14:00-14:10 | Remarks by Guest of Honour | Minister GB Government |
| 14:10-14:20 | Remarks by Chief Guest | Minister GB Government |
| 14:20-14:30 | Vote of thanks | WWF-Pakistan |
For more information, visit WWF-Pakistan’s website
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